Rory MacDonald is usually the quiet type, but with the UFC welterweight division currently a jumbled mess with little clarity, the rising prospect isn't waiting around to see what might be next for him. Instead, when it comes to his next opponent, he has a request, and a very specific one.

"Right now I feel there’s a guy that I want to fight before he leaves the sport and that’s B.J. Penn," he said on Monday's edition of The MMA Hour. "That’s a guy I really want to fight. I respect him a lot. He’s a legend and I think it’d be a really good matchup for me to have that fight in Toronto."

MacDonald made sure to note this was a respectful request and not a "call out" of a future Hall of Famer.

Penn has been on the shelf since losing to Nick Diaz last October at UFC 137. Afterward, he said he would retire rather than fight again, but in recent weeks, he's backtracked on that, most recently saying on a May 29 episode of UFC Tonight that he was "warming up to the idea" of a comeback.

I like both fighters, but I think Rory has surpassed Condit since they last fought. Even though they have both advanced in leaps and bounds, Rory is the next champ, I hope he has the stones to dethrone GSP.

I really believe theres only one dude @ WW that Rory wont smash, and in 2 years my guess is Rorys the WW champ, GSP's the MW champ and Andersons retired. But ya, no need for Rory to fight Penn. Rory vs Hendricks, Koscheck, Condit, Diaz, Fitch, Shields, Kampmann.... Line em up. If Penn comes back he's nuts if its not at 55.